Investing in the leaders behind change A visit to Building Empowerment And Development (BEMAD) Kenya shows why the organisations behind gender equity community work need support too. “Through the knowledge and resources we got from AFWAG’s member portal, we were able to develop our first-ever strategic plan, covering 2024–2029. AFWAG has been a shining light

Eight months. That’s how long it took a man who had never set foot in a Ugandan classroom to go from speaking no English at all to leading conversations, coordinating donors, and building an organisation that now touches thousands of lives. His name is Ntabaza Chirimwami Micheal, and his story is the engine behind one

For Shumirai, founder of Inuka Women of Zimbabwe Trust, this mission began in childhood, travelling with her father to their rural home, where she befriended bright, hardworking girls whose potential outstripped their opportunities. Poverty kept many from finishing school, and their stories never left her. In 2020, that memory became Inuka Women of Zimbabwe Trust

In rural Zimbabwe, the distance between a learner’s potential and their opportunity can be vast. National Development Network (NDN) is a grassroots organisation working to close that gap. Founded by development practitioner Edith, who saw firsthand that rural communities had land, resilience, and talent, but lacked access to the knowledge and resources to turn those

When Tunisian doctor Maya Fakhfakh began losing patients to late-stage, preventable diseases in her very first month of practice, she didn’t just grieve , she started asking questions. Those questions led to MednTech, a non-profit leveraging artificial intelligence to address one of Africa’s most urgent yet solvable health challenges: cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one

What does it look like when an 18-year-old volunteer decides that if no one is coming to save their community, they might as well build something themselves? For the Jijenge Center for Social Development, it looks like eight years of consistent, hands-on work, digital safety clubs, rural digital libraries, ten spin-off organisations, and a 90-minute

Founded in 2021 by midwife Ashu Martha Agbornyenty, For Mom and Baby Foundation brings life-saving maternal care to rural and conflict-affected communities in Cameroon, where over 500,000 people have been displaced and women often give birth far from any health facility. The foundation’s approach is refreshingly human: before delivering health messages, they get communities dancing.

A conversation with Immaculate Mukasa, Team Lead at the Mentoring and Empowerment Program for Young Women (MEMPROW) on their journey to help girls in Uganda find their voice, their power, and their purpose. Since 2008, MEMPROW has been walking alongside girls and young women in Uganda, helping them build confidence and step into their voice,

In South Africa, where over 5,000 women are killed annually and femicide rates rank among the highest globally, a small team of activists from Women for Change created a movement that would resonate across continents. The Breaking Point For 11 years, Women for Change has fought gender-based violence in South Africa. They’d tried everything; petitions

In Machakos County, Mary Munyao is transforming agricultural waste into eco-friendly fuel and creating jobs for women in the process Mary Munyao remembers her mother’s kitchen as a battlefield. Each meal meant thick smoke, burning eyes, and endless coughing. It was a daily ritual repeated in millions of Kenyan homes, where women bear the brunt